A quick reminder: 1/ As a share of nonfarm employment, the federal government is currently 1.9%, near its smallest size since at least 1939. 2/ Total government (including state & local) is 14.8%, near its smallest post-1957 size.

Two of the City of Toronto's core financial policies. 1. Hoard cash ⬇️

I really wish everyone understood that Covid is an Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome but it’s airborne and mutating at extremely scary rates

The Taliban have BANNED women from studying in medical institutes in Afghanistan. This is femicide in action. By blocking women from becoming doctors and banning them from seeing male doctors, the Taliban are basically telling Afghan women to suffer and die without healthcare.

Magnific Editorial Portrait quality is incredible. This is 100% AI 10 examples (motion with Kling AI) 1. Pink dress, cinematic shot

This video is for Doug Ford, Prabmeet Sarkaria and all others saying bike lanes "stop emerg. vehicles from getting to their destination". They *allow* emergency vehicles to get to their destination, as seen here on Adelaide. They were designed with emergency services in mind.

It's a busy but ultimately quite disappointing day at the last Planning and Housing Committee meeting of the year today. The three items which looked like they could have any impact on housing in Toronto won't. Short🧵

The City of Toronto's financial systems are a mess. Way too much is handled by spreadsheets (!!). Here's a recent internal auditor report. toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2… KPMG recommendations summary (2020) image attached. New systems are "expected" for late 2025. High risk imo.

Adam Tooze is correct.

HAPPENING NOW: The price of Bitcoin reached $100,000 in a significant milestone for the cryptocurrency. What's next? Join our reporters for a Bloomberg Live Q&A trib.al/KYTWqPY

Yes wait times are longer but you know what else is longer? People’s fucking lives.

US: New laser tech detects landmines instantly by forming vibration map of ground. interestingengineering.com/innovation/las…

And that's a wrap on our Annual General Meeting, December 7th 2024! Our votes for new board members are being counted, and we're making plans to expand our reach and continue to advocate for effective policy to transform housing in Toronto. Thanks to all who made this happen!

Interesting stuff. This is where 6% or so of our energy production is going.

An 8 minute conversation with Astra (AI), including tips in the kitchen. Flows pretty well.

To Chloe Brown Hey Chloe, do you still have the City of Toronto budget you prepared for your mayoral run online somewhere? I think it would be cool to let people refer to it. I think the strong commissioner approach you promoted has legs. Also, are you in the "other" place?

I anyone wants to see my comments on this year's budget (somewhat sparse), find me at bsky.app/profile/henrik… I don't post here, or even visit, anymore.